Land of the Rising Son

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Welcome to the Land Of the Rising Son

There is no other place in the universe like Japan.

With a culture thousands of years old and a most esoteric language, Japan will remain an enigma to the others.

To understand the true nature of the Japanese, one must live among them, but even then, there remains layers upon layers of a cryptic culture and arcane society, the “nooks and crannies” if you will.

Living in the countryside of Japan allows for a unique perspective into the Way of the Japanese.

Welcome to Japan, let’s join to explore the nooks and crannies of the Japanese Heart, Spirit, and Mind.

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Who are the Japanese?

One of the most misunderstood civilization, this island nation of 126 million inhabitants remains somewhat mysterious to the outside world.

An ancient cultures, the Japanese are masters at assimilating, molding, and improving foreign concepts into something uniquely Japanese.

Why is this so?

DNA

Here you will find some keys to open your question door, and there, you will only come to find, yet another layer, and another, and so on.

Welcome to the Land Of The Rising Son.

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Thoughts and musing about life and Japan.

Solidarity of Purpose

Solidarity of Purpose

Embrace turmoil as the change it brings points the way to create personalised days—tumultuous water grinds away fear, honing the family’s legacy and way.

Just Like You

Just Like You

The Universal Truth in this story is like a sublime Aesop’s tale—it matters not the birth order dilemma nor on which side of the tracks or the place where born—you are not where you came from—you are who you are today.

Big Shoes

Big Shoes

Initially, there is an instinctive urge to follow a leader, yet after a while, reveals itself to be a deeply flawed hypothesis as family dynamics are merely the beginning of the quest to seek and discover a pair of your own shoes, and where journey manifestly begins.